The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-27
ABOUT WOOL.
Colonel Switzler's Report on
the Wool Crop.
ON THE AMERICAN TURF.
Epi, copaI Missionary Society Spur.
geon-Gould s Intentions-TOrn
and RiVen-Netss
An Atwood Report.

WASHINGTON, October 26.-The report
of Col. Switzler, chief of the Bureau of
Statistics on Wool and Manufactures of
Wool, is ready for distribution. The
report shows that the number OF sheep
in the United States increased from
10, OOO, 900 in 1910. to 81 .0U0 600 in 1eS4
but declined to as. 000,U0 in 1887. This
marked decline occurred mainly in the
southern and western States, and is at
tributed to the decline ID the price OF
wool since 1884. Great Britain being
the leading wool market of The world
has always been the principal market
for our purchases of wool. Turkey and
Russia have also been important
sources of direct supply, but the Argen-
tine Republic is now next to Great
Britain. Our source of supply is fo'-
lowed by Australasia. Our imports OF
wool rose from LIS $50 pounds in
1922 to ia 038 $50 pounds in 1887. The
Increase in wool imports has about
kept pace with the growth OF
our wool products, 10th having about
doubled since 1860. a series of table,
illustrates the increase in the products
and importations and the relations be-
tween the two, as, for example, from
1854 to 1868, 161 100000 pounds were
produced and 40 600 00O imported; from
1874 10 1878, 1875. UO0, QUO were produced
and 45OOO,C00 imported; from 1882 to
1886. 297. GOO 900 were produced and
80 600 OO0 imported; from 1922 TO 1881
the annual imports of wool in manu-
features averaged over SO 100000 In
in value, or more than Il cents per cap
ita, while from 1882 to 1871, they reac hed
over $l4, 0OO, OO0, or "a cents per capita
The value of our wooden product OF
1850 was $25, GOO 600. in round numbers
and of our imports $i9 100000. tn to-
gether being about 81 95 per capita OF
our population. In 1850, $50 600 600 in
value were produced, and $43, GOO COO
imported, together being about 81 81
per capita, in 1870, the prodnct
reached $110 O00,000 and the inn
portations $35 UOU coo, being 1918
per capita. In 1880, the pro
duct had grown to $l64 COG 100 ard
the imports were valued at S3l 900 600
b ing 1881 per capita. Thus, while or
product OF Woolens have increased since
1850 nearly seven fold, our imports have
increased about 81 per cent, but the
consumption per capita has doubled,
which, the Statistician says, indicates IN
a striking manner the advancement of
wealth and comfort in the style of living
among the people of the country.
The statistics of imports and exports
of woolens in the trade OF foreign
countries show that the United King
dom is foremost in the foreign trade IN
woods, the imports during 1885 amount
ing in value to $40 0O0,C00 ana the ex-
ports to $115;OOO,OOO. France comes
next, with imports amounting to $49,-
600 COO and exports $7S 900 900. Ger
many imports $25 00O,0 900 and exports
$51 600 coo. There has been large de-
cline in the wooden trade of Great
Britain since 1874. as shown by the ex-
ports as follows: Exports from 1870 to
1875, $7S7 coo, 900; from 1875 to 1884,
$54S 900 COO, showing a decline of $780,
600 600, or 80 per cent. between the
periods. This decline is attributed in
part to the high foreign tariffs, which,
it is claimed, shut out the manufactures
OF Great Britain from foreign markets.